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November 29th, 2006, 01:12 PM
#1
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Problems Installing Debian
Hello everyone. I am an amateur Linux user, though I have installed Debian millions of time in different computers including mine, the one with the problem :P. I recently downloaded the 2 DVDs of installation in the Debian official web page. I installed the first time and when everything got installed (I specify to only install Desktop Environment and Printer Server) I got to the prompt, I login and I write startx and it failed to start, it told me that the .xsession file was missing, ok I panic for 3 seconds then I copy the /usr/X11......intr (or something) and paste it in my home directory and then change the name to .xsession, this time startx just appear with a screen and the pointer could move but nothing more. Then I installed debian again, this time downloading the stuff, nothing from the DVD. When it was installing it had some problems with something (I don't remember) and now when I start the OS after doing some stuff the screen hangs up, is just black with the '_' at the top left corner.
Hardware Specs:
Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
1024 MB RAM
Geforce FX 5500
ASRock Motherboard
P.D.: I have installed Debian, SuSE and Mandrake before in this machine with no problems at all.
P.D2.: Also I have a new LCD monitor, but is a generic one. And before I had a REAL generic monitor, could this new monitor be the source of problems?
Thanks in advance.
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November 29th, 2006, 01:50 PM
#2
Also I have a new LCD monitor, but is a generic one. And before I had a REAL generic monitor, could this new monitor be the source of problems?
Absolutely. The wrong refresh rates and/or no hardware support can cause terrible problems in Xwindows.
--Th13
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November 29th, 2006, 05:21 PM
#3
Member
Well I installed it again. And again it doesn't found .xsession or .Xsession. I will connect my old monitor again to see. By the way what refresh rates would be addecuate? I have 75 Hz. Is it too much?.
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November 29th, 2006, 06:39 PM
#4
Check the specs on your hardware. This will dictate refresh rate.
--Th13
Our scars have the power to remind us that our past was real. -- Hannibal Lecter.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. -- John Wooden
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November 29th, 2006, 08:09 PM
#5
As a general hardware troubleshooting tip................ with video problems start with 60Hz and maybe 256 colours and work up from there
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November 29th, 2006, 11:07 PM
#6
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I will connect the old monitor again. The brand that made this monitors is really bad honestly, but it was a gift. Teorically it should work, but it doesn't. Thanks anyway for the help.
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November 30th, 2006, 12:45 AM
#7
Member
Ok, now I'm losing my patience. I did all the process again, but this time with the old monitor and the same happen again. Also in the middle of the instalation it had problems configuring something, I tried to install the missing spot again but everything looks fine to apt, so what is happening no?
P.D.: Antoher new piece of hardware is my wireless mouse and keyboard (Genius), but I did the installation with the keyboard perfect, and when I got a chance to see a pointer I could move it fine too, I don't think this the source of problems.
Please help.
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November 30th, 2006, 02:00 AM
#8
finally SOMETHING i can help w/
what you need to do ... assuming that you've installed x in its entirety is to use debconf which is basically a means to reconfigure your system after everything is installed (and during)
a template would be
... dpkg-reconfigure packagename (as root of course)
so depending which x server you have installed you would so this
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
or
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
after this follow the instructions
DON'T USE FRAMEBUFFER NO MATTER WHAT
by the way good choice on a distro ... but if you have problems w/ this you should really start w/ ubuntu and work your way up to more old-school distros
Last edited by very_unhappy; November 30th, 2006 at 02:02 AM.
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November 30th, 2006, 07:07 PM
#9
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Is just that I love Debian :P. I know I am a newbie but I just love it. And thanks a lot.
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